Canine Academy is a membership program with access to our online dog training classes and videos.

Membership Features:
Convenience:
- Enroll at any time. Complete at your own pace with monthly access.
- Watch, learn, and practice in the comfortability of your own home.
Friendly, Helpful Support:
- Individualized instructor support.
- Receive expert help from professional certified dog trainers and leaders in the humane animal training and welfare field.
Effective Training Methods:
- Our class is designed using the kindest, reward-based training techniques suitable for the whole family and the well-being of your dogs.
- Our training methods are true positive reinforcement, force-free techniques that work.
Demonstration Videos:
- Learn from watching training in action, including 11 core dog obedience/foundation behaviors and 7 trick behaviors.
- Includes 35 written training plans to teach new behaviors or solve behavior problems.
- And access to new content created over time.
Start today to forge lifelong benefits:
- Understand how dogs learn.
- Build the strongest bond with your dog.
- Learn to communicate efficiently with your canine best friend to make daily life easier.
Select Your Dog Training Membership:
Level | Price | |
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Canine Academy | $35.00 per Month. | Select |
Canine Academy: 1-Year Access |
$350.00 now. Membership expires after 1 Year. |
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Canine Academy for SPCA of Wake County Adopters |
$315.00 now. Membership expires after 1 Year. |
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- The monthly membership automatically renews each month (30 days).
- The 1-year memberships do not automatically renew.
- Membership is easy to cancel. Note: canceling removes your access immediately.
Current Classes and Content
Dog Learning, Behavior, and Training:
- Introduction
- Dog training equipment
- How animal training works – animal learning
- Dog body language and behavior
- What behaviors to teach first
- Dog training skills and rules
- Marker/clicker training
Training Behaviors:
All behaviors in this section have demonstration videos:
- Attention behavior
- Sit
- Down
- Stand
- Come when called (aka recall)
- Stay
- Leave it
- Walking on leash (loose leash walking/heeling)
- Go to mat
- Drop it
- Targeting behavior
Tricks:
All behaviors in this section have demonstration videos:
- Shake paws
- Sit up/sit pretty
- Play bow
- Spin
- Fetch/retrieve
- Put toys away
- Balance treat on nose and catch
Puppies:
- Puppy socialization
- House-training
- Crate training and alone training
- Chewing
- Puppy nipping/biting
- Puppy food guarding prevention
Enrichment:
- Fun games and activities
Behavior Problems:
- Introduction to solving behavior problems
- Barking
- Jumping on people
- Counter-surfing (jumping on counter)
- Digging
- Food stealing
- Demanding attention/begging
- Reactive behavior overview (on-leash pulling, lunging, barking, growling, etc.)
Cooperative Care Dog Training:
- Brushing dog teeth training
- Cutting nails training
Other Behaviors/Concepts:
- Proofing behavior – getting solid responses anywhere
Animal Training Terms:
- Dictionary of training concepts